Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has been elected the Artistic Director of the documenta 13, which is scheduled to take place from June 9th, 2012 to September 16th, 2012 in Kassel, Germany.
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Image: Ryszard Kasiewicz/documenta13.de
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev works as a curator and writer in Rome, Turin and New York. She is currently the Chief Curator at one of VoCA’s favorite museums, the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art in Turin and was the Artistic Director for the 16th Sydney Biennale (2008).
From 1999 to 2001 she was Senior Curator of Exhibitions at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – a MoMA Affiliate. Previously, she organized exhibitions as an independent curator in different countries.
Pieces from Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, on until January 26, 2009 at P.S.1 in New York.
Check back here for updates on how she plans to shape the next Documenta, in 2012.
Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...
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the time has come for the Documenta to widen the scope of Eurasian art , instead of the the product driven Western ,, EU-USA gallery-art institution hegemony.
The true spirit of Nushu, envelopes both Europa and China . its not about geography and art trends ,, there is nothing that is not political ,yet Nushu in its De Rochi embodied image, answers the opposite question .. Nushu in itself is tainted by the political highjacking , but from within the free spirit ,it transends the gaps,, by signifying the change of substance to high Art,
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